Valiant Scribe
A literary hub giving voice to the voiceless by retelling the human experience

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' It’s unprecedented She types furiously on her cell The only friend that doesn’t have to...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' For more than a dozen years our monthly routine has been the same. Steve would motor up...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' The invisible seed of dread dwells in the strap of a stiletto sandal clicking down the...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' I’m not going to get the virus. And if I do get it, I’m going to recover. I’m not going...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' I am green with envy for the girl months ago with narry a worry or a care, but now this...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' The Pre-Assessment waiting room is quiet today, hardly surprising given the situation,...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' you didn’t ask me the way to this place or enter it willingly at first but here we are...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' I am so very, very far away from you. I Google how many miles there are between us, if...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' the man in a shirt the color of the sky it has several pockets embroidered detail like...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' Sing along to that wonderful cover of “Imagine” by John Lennon, performed by an ensemble...

As cities around the world gradually ease shelter-in-place restrictions, we must remember to resist the urge to act irresponsibly.

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' My Dad is building a wall. Twirling bricks in the air, bedding them down in a...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' Who will distance themselves the most from all this grotesque interpersonal mess? I...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' This year there was no lion. You came calling with striped camellias bushed twelve feet...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' When we moved to the small village of Hartville, in Northeast Ohio to live with my...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' when this has all passed when this is old news and long forgotten when we reflect upon...

For the collection: Life in the time of #COVID' Pink, green, and blue acrylic paint colors stain her palms and the tips of her...

For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' My university is closed. I’m working from home. I’m behind in almost every way...

An Intriguing and upbeat story – maybe even funny – the antidote

Life changes as the repercussions of the virus and the fear it stirs affects reality.